Show sojourning SOJO IN TURKEY rider elder E W robi Bob mOD writing from aleppo syria in a letter dated no vo cnober aber 26 1894 published in the millennial gar say gay i have buts bau quite ft a varied experience in may sometimes hard but bat always interesting leaving beyrouty I 1 went with brother clark chark down to hat hal a a city located at the foot of mount oarmel carmel abere I 1 spent pent a week with the saints sal of and very tory much enjoyed reading the account ac ou nt of I 1 kings of el jahs j able cave and III nis experience with the prophets of baal on that historic mountain I 1 visited the cave in which tradition a B e retook betook be took re uge and brought there from a rook rock I 1 also alao visited tie the tombs to in that vicinity supposed to be the work of the Phenic inne or going down we went ashore at the sir oiin city tyre known in history as aa the mother of carthage and the dome of the expert workmen chons king hiram sent gent to assist aesia tin to the bull ballu ing of BoJo mona temple but perhaps is 11 in ii beat known for having so long jong withstood the attack of alexander the tb areat it was formerly lor merly on an island but the causeway which that monarch constructed from the mainland to the city converted convened the island into a penin oula IL 1 viewed with great interest this tallon alien city tor for it la Is now only the hadow badow ot of us its former great greatness returning I 1 was alone and went ashore at aldon zidon another place which figured conspicuously in early times alme brother clark chark remained in haifa and he be la Is indeed in good hands bands for or the few church members there are excellent people I 1 enjoyed my visit with them very much I 1 was waa june alone to in beyrodt about six weeks and then proceeded to this bis city TU to reach here I 1 traveled about thirty six hours by stammer sod and days day toy horse it to inland from the northeastern ex to the mediterranean sea ea at Alex alexandre audre to ta my booke boks were all taken irom from me with the me promise that I 1 should hould receive them here bore at aleppo I 1 nave filed a complaint with the american consul and he says saya be will try to procure them he does not speak EuRl leb aleppo is in old and quaint pud KB its bazar resembles a great fair the city to Is beautiful seen from tile the hll tops iopa as one approaches but bat within it Is crowded and airty chis is a characteristic of o moslem modem 0 cities constantinople viewed from the sea of at Marni marmura Is in grand but within it Is little less jess than stun disgusting in aleppo there stands a high artificial hill on the top of which are the ruins ruing or of a castle the sides of the ascent are very steep and ovie overlaid with flat slick rock to make climbing difficult it is probably three hundred less high and rt r quires requires about fifteen to kowalk walk around it it certainly reminds one of the days when kings took look every precaution to protect their own lives jives around it runs a moat which was formerly lor merly filled with water nobody seems to 10 know anything in particular it the here do not exceed ton ten feet fees in lath and along thase go mules hones borkes camels camele dogs aud and people the market to la all r of and is in iru y au interesting place to visit I 1 nave seen no lure large stores not even large enough for the purchaser to step inside white buying each mer anaut occupies an arch JU in she wall and sits site on a mat at the entrance trig ang his bis nar gelie he can reach must most of his bis wares get getting tinli up they alway a ask just about twice the amount they expect to sell tor for and if the buyer wean a hot hat instead of a cap uey they ask even more I 1 am quite an aa odily hors gerej there being very low lew for eigners eig nera I 1 am said eald to be the abe only american when 1 I go 90 along abb treet street they look at me as we would one of them io in utah it I 1 stop atop to buy I 1 am immediately surround ou by a curious crowd of whom try to take a part in the bargain there are people here and I 1 am never lonesome lonea ome in their narrow crooked streets tre eiB though sometimes lost loat when I 1 fam arrived I 1 wee wao the guest of a gentleman here and was ushered into turkish family life at once no table no chairs all ali alt sit around a large tray on the fl flior jor eaon each has a spoon and all eat from oue or two pans pana containing bulled boiled or rice I 1 could not net spread my limbs limba and sit alt cum comforts comforti forti bly as aa they do so I 1 was ranted granted the use of a cushion ou abion to do which of course it was wag necessary to foug Vena the rulea of the table one is not to wear shoos shoes in cuir ati house you may know the number of people in a house by counting count lug too toe pairs paire of boots boota and shoes boes at the door but ane bead is in not uncovered even in beds beda ore are spread down each day ot 01 night I 1 should say bay and taken up each mo ruing it la Is necessary neoe to keep thoo tb idor flor flo r clean for it to la their table bed and what not there are no lady members of the church here but a met act of floe fine youn men poor but humble and earket ea eartle ruet st bervilee are ar in turkish Tor klan all are tali fan speakers beaken pe aken I 1 administer the sacrament Sacr ameni each 13 sunday we hold bold three meet lugi g every week A few days ago I 1 baptized a young man and several are investigating vesti gating one Is 1 reading the R beauy reference while I 1 write me lie la Is a armenian my health te Is excellent and I 1 am thankful t ti the he lord fur for it I 1 very much enjoy bearing my teti mony and also arguing the me point will go from here to Ala atriab tati to see ee the saints there them it Is three days day by horse hore |